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BREAKING NEWS
Picketing nurses rushed inside to assist, but Henry Ford Genesys Hospital administrators ordered them out, saying staffing was adequate despite the code-black influx
Jefferson County Sheriff Tom Grimsrud will use department funds to certify deputies as emergency medical responders, expanding over time without replacing existing EMS
Redlands City Council opted against a measure to boost the paramedic tax despite a projected $130K gap
After an anonymous post urged people to aim lasers at helicopters near Portland’s South Waterfront ICE facility, medevacs avoided Oregon Health & Science University’s hospital helipad
Merced County supervisors voted unanimously to award the EMS contract to American Medical Response, saying Riggs met response standards only six months in five years
Gunfire erupted outside the St Helena Island bar during a packed alumni event before dawn Sunday
Community members and first responders lined the route as Smith’s body was flown to Red Bluff and continued by ground procession after she died from injuries in the Highway 50 medevac crash
Humphreys County churches held vigils for the 16 killed in the Accurate Energetic Systems blast as investigators search the site and conduct controlled detonations
Using Fathom flood modeling, the investigation shows many facilities could face feet of water that block ED access and force evacuations, risks often missed by FEMA’s outdated maps
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
Teaching points from the ‘malpractice or murder’ case: Action steps for EMS practitioners
“We must never, ever forego the safety of our patients because we are angry, tired, hungry, cold or irritated,” one commenter wrote
If you don’t know that prone positioning can cause great bodily harm or death in some patients, you don’t belong in EMS
Teaching points from the ‘malpractice or murder’ case – Part 1: Action steps for EMS leaders
“When the prosecutor sees and hears compassion, competence and professionalism, even in the face of significant errors being made, it becomes much harder to justify filing criminal charges”
Community risk reduction and improving mental health resources for providers
PRODUCT NEWS
Pittsburgh EMS has faced times when reserve rigs were out of service and medics had to use special event ambulances
Dejero manufactures GateWay network aggregation devices that deliver high-quality live video and real-time data over IP
Republic EVS expand their partnership with Medix Ambulances to support EMS/Fire services seeking high-value, quick delivery ambulances within Utah
Police officers at Waiehu Beach Park used a tourniquet to stop the bleeding
First responders from several agencies saved a woman who fell at least 30 feet down a well in Placer County
The two assets are both capable of establishing their own off-grid network, allowing first responders to communicate with each other in challenging situations
Partnership connects clinicians with specialized training and makes treatment options more available to first responders
Patents cover advances in multi-agency data sharing and video surveillance technologies
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